Technology is the gift of God. […] It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and sciences.
—Freeman Dyson, 2004
24
Technology is […] a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that
transcends both.
—Robert M. Pirsig, 1974
Technology paces industry. […] Industry paces economics. […] And in that manner we
come finally to everyday life.
—Buckminster Fuller, 1962
Technology has made large populations possible; large populations now make technology
indispensable.
—Joseph Wood Krutch, 1959
The imperatives of technology and organization, not the images of ideology, are what
determine the shape of economics.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1985
As the world of chips and glass fibers and wireless waves go, so goes the rest of the world.
—Kevin Kelly, 1999
***
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1973
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can
perform without thinking of them.
—Alfred North Whitehead, 1911
Technology [is] a knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it.
—Max Frisch, 1957
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast
without seeing anything.
—Charles Kuralt, 1985
Technology has made improvements in everything, except the weather and people.
—Evan Esar, 1968
The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.
—Karl Kraus, 1976
***
24
Note that this opinion, and the two before it, belong to prominent theoretical physicists, rather
than some committed technologists.
36
On Science and Technology
—Freeman Dyson, 2004
24
Technology is […] a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that
transcends both.
—Robert M. Pirsig, 1974
Technology paces industry. […] Industry paces economics. […] And in that manner we
come finally to everyday life.
—Buckminster Fuller, 1962
Technology has made large populations possible; large populations now make technology
indispensable.
—Joseph Wood Krutch, 1959
The imperatives of technology and organization, not the images of ideology, are what
determine the shape of economics.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1985
As the world of chips and glass fibers and wireless waves go, so goes the rest of the world.
—Kevin Kelly, 1999
***
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1973
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can
perform without thinking of them.
—Alfred North Whitehead, 1911
Technology [is] a knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it.
—Max Frisch, 1957
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast
without seeing anything.
—Charles Kuralt, 1985
Technology has made improvements in everything, except the weather and people.
—Evan Esar, 1968
The development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature.
—Karl Kraus, 1976
***
24
Note that this opinion, and the two before it, belong to prominent theoretical physicists, rather
than some committed technologists.
36
On Science and Technology